Aldridge shines as Texas remains undefeated

P.J. Tucker contributed 19 points and 11 boards while Mike Williams added 10
points and hauled in 10 rebounds for the Longhorns (6-0), who are off to their
best start since the 1981-82 team began the season with 14 straight wins.

Johnathan Chatman and Dexter Shankle both had 10 points for the Broncs (2-4),
who have dropped two straight and four of their last five games.

Texas trailed by four points early on, but responded with a 13-0 run to take
control. Daniel Gibson and Aldridge each scored four points during the flurry
while Connor Atchley’s layup with 8:28 remaining in the first half capped the
lengthy spurt and made it 20-11.

The Longhorns led 32-23 at the intermission.

“We were real stagnant (in the first half),” Tucker said. “We got a lot of
shots we wanted but we were missing. We don’t want to be playing our best
basketball right now. Good teams get better as the season goes on.”

Aldridge had 10 points while Tucker added eight for the Longhorns, who hit
just 2-of-12 three-point tries in the opening half. Chatman netted seven
points for Texas-Pan American, which made just one of its nine attempts from
behind the arc in the opening 20 minutes.

Texas put the game completely out of reach in the second half as Tucker’s
layup just over four minutes in extended the cushion to 41-26. The lead grew
to 19 points moments later and Tucker’s easy bucket with 8:24 left capped a
quick 8-0 run and ballooned the edge to 62-38.

The Longhorns continued to pour it on their overmatched opponents, and led by
as many as 34 points in the waning minutes.

In the second half, Texas made 18-of-34 shots (53 percent), and the Longhorns
finished the game by shooting 45 percent. The Broncs made just 9-of-30 (30
percent) field goals in the second half and shot 34 percent for the game.

Game Notes

Aldridge went 10-of-15 from the floor…The Longhorns outrebounded Texas-Pan
American 48-33…Texas is 94-15 at home under head coach Rick Barnes and the
‘Horns also improved to 56-5 under Barnes against in-state competition…Texas
has converted a three-pointer in 481 straight games. The last time the
Longhorns failed to make at least one from behind the arc came on December 18,
1990…Texas leads the all-time series 5-0.